Nokia considering Palm acquisition, we hold our breath

23 September, 2009

Now we don't normally deal with that kind of rumors but this one is too interesting to let go. According to a leading financial website the world leading mobile phone manufacturer is interested in obtaining the troubled Palm.

The company standing behind the development of one of the most exciting touchscreen devices of the year - the Palm Pre, is going through a really rough patch lately and might just find an offer from Nokia too hard to refuse.

Despite having an R&D budget more than 10 times smaller than that of the Finnish giant, Palm managed to develop a touch-driven OS way more fluid and user-friendly than Symbian S60 5th edition. That makes such an acquisition quite sensible as it would allow Nokia to close the gap to its competitors much faster.

At this stage both companies refuse to comment on the rumors but we guess we will understand whether its true or not sooner rather than later.

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and1one
24 Apr 2010
tWi

for me, nokia should buy palm. its the only way to catch up to those bomb cellphone manufacturers like samsung, htc, and sony ericsson. it will be a mix of symbian 9.4 or symbian^3 and webos. so definitely, nokia must buy palm.

Anonymous
29 Sep 2009
sEA

The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Now, Nokia has realized that it alone can't do much to stop apple & rim from taking another chunk of its smartphone marketshare. Well, maybe it's time for Nokia to look for help somewhere else. IMO, Palm with its W...